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SEARCHA Michigan Department of Transportation official said the state will have spent $11.4 million when controversial lease payments are suspended under a tentative deal with Great Lakes Central Railroad.
LANSING, Mich. — The state will halt lease payments for 23 idle passenger railcars near Owosso at the end of this budget year but retain the option to use them in the future, The Detroit News reported.
A Michigan Department of Transportation official said the state will have spent $11.4 million when controversial lease payments are suspended under a tentative deal with Great Lakes Central Railroad.
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